1. Data and information on waste management
Hungary
Szabolcs Horváth
Ministry of Environment and Water
Expert meeting on the estimation of CH4 emissions from solid waste disposal sites with the First Order Decay method
Working Group I of the EU Climate Change Committee, EEA, Copenhagen
March 2006.

2. Waste generated 2000.
68,7 million tons

3. Municipal Solid Waste Recycling and Disposal 2000-2004
Municipal Solid Waste Recycling and Disposal (thousand tonnes)
Treatment/year
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2008
Landfilled
3847
3878
3954
3958
3860
3050
Incinerated
348
353
288
245
160
420
Recycled
357
372
404
490
540
1650
Total
4552
4603
4646
4693
4560
5120

4. Municipal Solid Waste Recycling and Disposal 2000-2004. (%)
Treatment/year
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Landfilled
84,5
84,2
85,1
84,3
84,7
Incinerated
7,7
6,2
5,2
3,5
Recycled
7,8
8,1
8,7
10,5
11,8
Total
100

5. Municipal Solid Waste – survey for landfill sites
PHARE project in
2575 landfill sites
Landfilled waste: 178,67 million m3
Landfill gas collection system: only 22 landfill sites

6. Composition of Municipal Waste in Budapest 2003.
Source: Public Areas Maintaining Joint Stock Company of Budapest, Environment Protection Division.

7. Waste composition Data for municipal solid waste treated in Budapest
( )
Fraction/year
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Paper
19,6
17,9
18,5
17,1
18,2
17,0
19,0
19,2
18,3
20,2
13,7
16,0
16,3
Sanitary waste
3,5
3,0
1,3
2,0
2,3
Plastic
4,6
4,4
5,6
5,7
4,5
8,0
9,3
12,3
9,8
13,0
15,9
Textile
6,8
3,1
4,3
6,6
5,3
3,4
5,8
6,4
5,1
2,5
Biodegradable (garden, kitchen)
32,3
38,4
39,0
34,6
33,4
35,1
32,4
28,4
31,4
30,7
40,7
40,4
Glass
4,8
5,0
4,7
2,8
2,2
2,4
Metal
6,0
4,0
4,2
3,8
3,9
1,8
1,6
Other
25,4
24,6
26,3
28,7
32,8
29,3
22,0
20,7
26,5
21,9
27,4
Hazardous
1,1
0,8
1,0
0,6
0,2
0,3
0,4

8. Generated sewage sludge – dry matter (2000-2005)
year
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2005 (estimated)
sludge (t/year)
86.500
thousand t
year

9. Emission trends (CH4) – Solid Waste Disposal on Land (Gg)
Activity/year
(Base year)
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
Solid Waste Disposal
187,66
223,9
231,1
173,00
169,7
178,8
161,6
166,9
168,8
170,7
Waste-water handling
63,23
60,32
59,12
59,5
56,21
55,31
54,44
53,61
54,81
55,95
Activity/year
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Solid Waste Disposal
172,6
186,1
173,2
182,11
198,99
175,5
177,02
Waste-water handling
53,98
55,97
51,87
52,95
50,96
50,46
42,93

10. Debrecen

11. Tiszafüred

12. Dunakeszi-1

13. Dunakeszi-2

14. Hódmezővásárhely

15. Pusztazámor

16. Thanks for your attention!